When Your Lab Results Aren't Cut-and-Dry

When your CD4+ count is going up yet your viral load is also rising, it's challenging to decide whether to take action or not. This dilemma actually has a name: "Disconnect Syndrome."

New Inhibitor Looks Like Effective HAART Booster

T-20, a new type of anti-HIV drug now in clinical trials as a rescue treatment, also shows promise as a booster for people currently on anti-HIV medications.

The Ins and Outs of Mixed Status Relationships

If you're a gay man who's in -- or might someday be in -- a mixed-status relationship, you don't want to miss this terrific article in Body Positive. It takes a close-up look at the many different ways that couples react when only one person has HIV.

Pamela to World: "I Have Hep C"

For Hispanic Women, Silence Isn't Golden

"If you don't feel confident that you're going to survive, it is
very difficult to make someone else believe that. Practice disclosing
in the rap groups. Share fears, doubt, anything that will give you
confidence." A Hispanic woman talks about talking, in "Breaking the
Silence," a powerful collection of essays written by Latinos and
Latinas with HIV.

Keeping AIDS Advocacy Strong

Is AIDS activism dying? Signs suggest that it might be. Treatment
Action Group analyzes the evolution of AIDS advocacy, as well as
what needs to be done to keep it alive for the next generation of
HIV-positive people.

The Wild World of HIV-Prevention Ads

With all the recent controversy swirling around offensive HIV-prevention ads, many of you might be wondering: What's next? Paul Serchia of AIDS Project Los Angeles offers his vision of what the future of HIV education might hold.

Free AIDS-Ed Classes Near Philly

This month is AIDS Education Month for Philadelphia FIGHT,
Pennsylvania's largest HIV/AIDS education and advocacy organization.
If you're in the Philly area during June, you might want to stop in
at one of FIGHT's free AIDS education events, including seminars on
breaking into clinical trials and alternative therapies.

No Insurance? You're in Trouble!

Uninsured HIV-positive adults in the U.S. are less likely to receive
newer antiretroviral therapy drug combinations, says a new report
from the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.

To Fight AIDS, Women Must First Be Empowered

The developing world can't effectively battle AIDS without first
addressing issues of female poverty and empowerment, officials said
at the opening of the 46th Session of the UN Commission on Status of
Women in March. Read recaps of their statements.

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